Month: November 2014

Hosanna to the King Who Comes Saint Matthew 21:1-9 The Holy Gospel appointed for today, the first Sunday of Advent, the beginning of a new Church Year, is the account of our Lord’s entrance into Jerusalem on the Sunday before He was betrayed, arrested, falsely tried, beaten, and crucified on Calvary, a bare-topped hill on[…]

Shrewd Sheep Saint Matthew 25:31-46 This morning we heard our Lord Jesus talking about the division of sheep from goats that will take place on the last day. Last Sunday, we also heard Jesus telling us about that Judgment Day dividing, but then it was in a parable about wise virgins and foolish virgins. In[…]

Watch! The Bridegroom Comes Saint Matthew 25:1-13 When we listen to one of our Lord’s parables, such as we heard this morning about the ten virgins waiting for the coming of the bridegroom, we may not be aware of the complexity of the story that He tells. His parables may be understood by just about[…]

The Days Are Coming Saint Luke 17:20-30 In today’s Holy Gospel, our dear Saviour speaks about the last days, the coming of the end of the world with the Judgment. In an alternate Gospel Reading appointed for this day, Jesus comments about the same thing, but in that reading from Saint Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus refers[…]

Blessed With Christ Saint Matthew 5:1-11 Dear people of God, in today’s first reading from the Revelation, the Apostle Saint John writes to us of the vision of heaven that he has been given by our dear Lord Jesus. He tells us about the blessed who have died in Christ and live in Him forever.[…]